CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Ahmad Muhammad Harun

DESCRIPTION

Name: AHMAD MUHAMMAD HARUN

A.K.A.: Ahmed Haroun, Mohamed Ahmed Haroun and Ahmed Haroon

Sex: Male

Date of Birth: 1964

Place of birth: ABOU KARSHOULAH, NORTH KORDOFAN, SUDAN

Language spoken: Arabic

Nationality: Sudan

REMARKS

Categories of Offenses: CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, WAR CRIMES

Arrest Warrant Issued by: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE HAGUE / ICC/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

DETAILS

STATE MINISTER FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS IN DARFUR, PEACEKEEPER LIAISON & SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINAL

WANTED FOR OVER 40 COUNTS OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES, FOR RECRUITING, FUNDING AND DIRECTING JANJAWEED MILITIA RESPONSIBLE FOR RAPING, PERSECUTING, ATTACKING AND KILLING CIVILIANS, AND FOR INCITING THEM TO CARRY OUT THOSE ATTACKS

AKA: Ahmed Haroun, Mohamed Ahmed Haroun and Ahmed Haroon

From about April 2003 to September 2005, Ahmad Harun was State Minister for the Interior in Sudan - with special responsibility for the ‘Darfur Security desk’.

He was responsible for co-ordinating and directing the activities of the Janjaweed militia, Sudanese armed forces, intelligence and security services - used in a vicious ‘counter insurgency’ campaign against Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa and other non-Arab civilians whom he claimed were supporting the rebels. Substantial evidence was put before the Court to show that Harun had personally participated in the recruitment of Janjaweed militia, as well as mobilizing, funding and arming them. He was repeatedly identified as liaising with Janjaweed commanders, and the Court found there was reasonable grounds to believe that Harun knew full well that his new recruits, who were sometimes criminals released from prison, were committing crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians in Darfur. Not only that, but evidence gathered by the ICC shows that Harun personally incited the militia to attack the Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit people. In one public speech to the massed ranks of Janjaweed, shortly before they looted the town of Mukjar, he stated that “since the children of the Fur had become rebels, all the Fur and what they had, had become booty.”

Present whereabouts:

Ahmad Harun continues to oversee humanitarian operations in Darfur in his capacity as State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs. In September 2007 Khartoum has appointed him to co-chair a commission whose mandate includes investigating human rights violations in Darfur.

The Government of Sudan has refused to surrender Harun to the ICC, insisting that he had no links to the Janjaweed. Khartoum also argues that, since it is not an ICC signatory, proceedings against Harun are a matter for the Sudanese judicial system.

Alleged Crimes

Kodoom. The ICC arrest warrant states that on or about 15 August and 31 August 2003 Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb, as part of a group of persons acting with a common purpose, contributed to the murder of civilians, destruction of property, and the forcible transfer of about 20,000 people from the primarily Fur population of the Kodoom villages and surrounding areas.

Bindisi. The ICC arrest warrant states that on or about 15 August 2003 Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb, as part of a group of persons acting with a common purpose, contributed to the persecution of the primarily Fur population of Bindisi town and surrounding areas by contributing to the murder of over 100 civilians, acts of rape of women and girls, inhumane acts, pillaging, destruction of property including the mosque and food storages, and the forcible transfer of approximately 34,000 of the civilian population.

Mukjar. The ICC arrest warrant states that between August 2003 and March 2004 Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb, as part of a group of persons acting with a common purpose, contributed to the persecution of the primarily Fur population of Mukjar town and surrounding areas by contributing to the murder of at least 73 men, acts of imprisonment, pillaging, destruction of property and the torture of at least 60 people.

Arawala. The ICC arrest warrant states that in or around December 2003, Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb, as part of a group of persons acting with a common purpose, contributed to the persecution of the primarily Fur population of Arawala town and surrounding areas by contributing to the murder of at least 26 civilians, acts of rape of at least 10 women and girls, outrages upon personal dignity, inhumane acts, pillaging, the destruction of most of Arawala town, and the forcible transfer of approximately 7,000 of the civilian population.

Source: ICC arrest warrants, 2007

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